Staff say they have been carrying out work well above their pay grade for five years
Hundreds of healthcare assistants at Warrington and Halton hospitals are to strike for four days as they continue their fight for better pay.
This is the third time Warrington and Halton HCAs have walked out as they demand an increase in pay. Healthcare assistants on salary band 2 are paid to provide personal care, such as bathing and feeding, but the union said most HCAs routinely undertake clinical tasks, such as taking and monitoring blood, performing electrocardiogram tests and inserting cannulas.
Seven health trusts in the North West have already moved healthcare assistants to the higher rate and backdated their pay to April 2018. Last month, East Cheshire and Mid Cheshire trusts agreed to move their HCAs up to salary band 3 and provide the back pay demanded by UNISON. A spokesperson for the Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust said: "Our health care support workers are essential and valued members of our team. The issue of retrospective pay banding was first raised with us in May 2023 during a staff consultation where we proposed, and have since enacted, the uplifting of 80% of our healthcare support worker roles from band 2 to band 3.
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